Avanti AV-281 antenna.

[rabbiporkchop]

Has anybody ever seen one or tried one?

It appears to be extraordinarily expensive and pictures of it seem to be fairly elusive.
Here's a guy that has one on his truck but I don't speak Italian so I don't really know much about this antenna other than it looks very well made.

 

[w9cll]

Avanti has been out of business for years, unless someone bought the name and is making something using that name i am not sure. Avanti was a Chicago company made not far from me.

 

[midnight special]

it looks similar to the avanti moonraker mobile antenna i seen years ago

 

[w9cll]

moonraker mobile

That's it! I couldn't think of the name

 

[rabbiporkchop]

Avanti has been out of business for years, unless someone bought the name and is making something using that name i am not sure. Avanti was a Chicago company made not far from me.

It looks like they still sell them over in Italy for approximately $250.

https://simonthewizard.com/2014/01/10/avanti-moonraker-6ft/

http://www.universaltrucksrl.it/en/accessori-cb/27-antenna-avanti-271-bianca.html

http://www.elettronica-turrisi.it/contents/it/d29_Antenne_27_MHZ_(CB).html

 

[w9cll]

Someone either bought the patten or just plain copied it but the real Avanti is long gone. If I remember correctly they were expensive in their day.

 

[RatsoW8]

Is it anything more than a base loaded mobile antenna?

 

[rabbiporkchop]

Is it anything more than a base loaded mobile antenna?

From the picture it looks like it's Precision machined out of stainless steel and from the description I was reading in an Italian radio Forum it's completely waterproof and has a neoprene o-ring at the base to make it completely waterproof which is a critical thing in the Northeast United States especially in the winter time with salt water spraying on our vehicles. It's also six and a half feet long requiring much less coil losses which is a good thing for efficiency, and with my vehicle at seven feet tall adding a six and a half foot antenna would put me right at 13 foot 6 inches. It sounds like it would be the perfect antenna for my vehicle.

 

[rabbiporkchop]

Someone either bought the patten or just plain copied it but the real Avanti is long gone. If I remember correctly they were expensive in their day.

I just located a website over in Italy.
http://www.avantisistemi.com/

 

[midnight special]

it claims 4000 watts pep,,,,,

 

[rabbiporkchop]

it claims 4000 watts pep,,,,,

You should buy one and tell us how much you like it. You might start a trend. I hate to be the guinea pig.

http://www.universaltrucksrl.it/en/accessori-cb/28-antenna-avanti-281.html

 

[rabbiporkchop]

Someone either bought the patten or just plain copied it but the real Avanti is long gone. If I remember correctly they were expensive in their day.

It looks like somebody decided to pick up the torch. Only finding results in Italian though.
http://www.flqelettronica.it/description.asp?item=631

 

[bob85]

These have been around for years on the net, never seen them in out shops,

@ about 4x the price of a sirio & using the avanti style won't fit anything else mount, im not surprised they don't sell them here.

https://simonthewizard.com/2014/01/10/avanti-moonraker-6ft/

These look like versions of other popular antennas

https://translate.google.co.uk/tran...http://www.cbtuning.com/avanticbantennas.html

 

[DainBramage]

... the real Avanti is long gone. If I remember correctly they were expensive in their day.

yeah, around 1963

Bunny not included

 

[w9cll]

DB I prefer that Avanti